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A. L. MUN SON. GOMBINED CIGARETTE AN D MOUTH PIECE. No. 261,169.Patented July 18, 1882-.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT L. MUNSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE KINNEY TO BAOCOCOMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED CIGARETTE AND MOUTH-PIECE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,169, dated July 18,1882.

Application filed January 27, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ALBERT L. MUNsoN, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Combined Cigarette and Mouth-. Piece, of whichthe following is a specification.

This'invention relates to that class of cigarettes which are providedwith permanently-attached mouth-pieces.

The improvements efi'ected by the invention consist in attaching themouth-piece and cigarette together by means of a narrow band of paper,which envelops and is secured to the adjoining ends of both thecigarette and mouthpiece, and covers the joint between the two, and ininterposing a porous cap or diaphragm between the cigarette andmouth-piece, so as to prevent the tobacco from escaping from the formerinto the latter, all of which will be hereinafter fully described andparticularly pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, which show the invention as embodied in acigarette provided with a tubular glass mouth-piece, Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view of the cigarette and mouth-piece attachedtogether according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a like view,showing a slight change in the arrangement of the parts. Fig. 3 is across-section taken upon the line :10 w of Figs. 1 and 2. Figs. 4, 5,and 6 are longitudinal sectional views, showing modified arrangements ofthe parts.

In carrying out my invention I take glass tubing of a suitable gage andcutit into lengths suitable for the mouth-pieces, after which one end ofthese short tubes is contracted under heat until a small opening, b, isformed at or near its diametrical center. This completes the mouth-piecea, and it is then ready for attachment to the cigarette.

The cigarette c is formed in the usual manner; but before themouth-piece and cigarette are attached to each other the end of themouth-piece which is to be applied to the cigarette is provided with aperforated cap, strip, or diaphragm, d, which may be of cotton, linen,or any fabric of an open texture, or of metal gauze, fine wire-cloth,metal foil, or any similar material, the object of this cap or dja; phragin being to prevent the escape of'the tobacco from the cigarette intothe mouth-piece, and at the same time to interpose no obstacle to thefree draft when smoking. This cap or diaphragm may be applied to the endof the cigarette c, as shown in Fig. 2, if preferred, the result beingthe same so long as foraminous diaphragm separates the mouth piece andcigarette. This foraminous diaphragm is preferably cut or formed fromsome soft materiallike a woven fabric of open texture or of thinperforated paper-in order that it may be readily bent to adapt it tovarying sizes of mouth-pieces and cigarettes. Ordinarily, however, ascigarettes are usually made of a standard diameter, the diaphragm may bestruck out of fine soft wire-cloth and bent to form a cap, which Wlllfit the end of the cigarette.

The diaphragm having been placed in position, the ends of themouth-piece and cigarette are placed against each other, as shown inFigs. 1 and 2, and secured together by the auxiliary wrapper e, which ispasted one-half upon each, thus attaching the two to each other andcovering and concealing the point of junction.

As shown in Figs. 4, 5, and (5, the protected end of the cigarette maybe inserted into the open end of the mouth-piece a for about onefourthof an inch, the external wrapper, 6, then being used to conceal the endof the mouthpiece and to secure the cigarette thereto.

In some cases the tobacco may be prevented from escaping from thecigarette in the manner shown in Fig. 5, a perforated diaphragm, f,being inserted into the open end of the mouthpiece a, its diameter beingsuch as to cause it to remain in place when pushed to the position it isto occupy. The cigarette is then inserted into the mouth-piece until ittouches the diaphragm, after which it is secured in the manner alreadydescribed.

It may be found desirable in some cases to secure the diaphragm in theend of the cigarettewrapper before it is inserted into the mouth-piece,as shown in Fig. 6.

I claim- The combination of a cigarette, a tubular the end of themouth-piece, all substantially as herein shown and set forth.

3. The combination of a cigarette, a tubular month-piece, and asecuring-wrapper or strip of paper which is pasted one-half upon eachcovering and concealing the point of junction,

all substantially as and for the purposes as 20 herein shown and setforth.

ALBERT L. MUNSON.

Witnesses:

T. R. V. CALLAGHAN, E. G. WARD.

